Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
If the present be compared with the remote past, it is easily seen that in all cities and in all peoples there are the same desires and the same passions as there always were.Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
Barbara Demick -
If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
Laura Dern -
There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
Vaughn Monroe -
I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
Taylor Caldwell -
Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
Eddie Trunk -
I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.
Calvin Klein
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Being a woman and being gay is really a unique position in our society. I know in my experience of activism, oftentimes it makes a difference if something is women-focused. It's likely to get the attention of women much more easily.
Laura Ricketts -
Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
A disaster where marble has been substituted for imagination.
Ada Louise Huxtable -
Most historians and other writers of what we now consider 'primary sources' simply didn't think about women and their contribution to society. They took it for granted, except when that contribution or its lack directly affected men.
Tansy Rayner Roberts -
Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
Abhishek Bachchan -
Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
Natalie Wood
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I just miss - I miss being anonymous.
Barack Obama -
In the summer of 1902, I was able to erect two experimental stations on two forts at Strasbourg for the purpose of closer study.
Karl Ferdinand Braun -
The things I wanted to do from a very early age - ie. get married and have children - precluded a lot of guys my own age from wanting to have anything to do with me.
Talulah Riley -
I archive a lot of my clothes and have them wrapped up and in boxes. I call them 'little tombs' and keep them in a storage space... I would never get rid of the dress I wore on the night I won my Oscar. When I die, someone can have it, but not a minute before!
Halle Berry -
Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be loved.
Patricia Schroeder -
Most of the people at my headline shows are in their 20s, but it varies a ton: like, I've had a six-year-old hug my leg after the show and a 60-year-old shake my hand. It's cool to see people connecting with the music across different generations.
K. Flay
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I never got the opportunity to be romantic or feel romantic with anyone.
Gary Coleman -
I have to stay humble. I'm just a normal human with a job that is televised.
Jai Rodriguez -
I'd love to work with the Coen brothers. And Steven Spielberg. 'E.T.' was big for me.
Anya Taylor-Joy -
Purpose of counter-intelligence action is to disrupt Black Panther Party and it is immaterial whether facts exist to substantiate the charge. If facts are present it aids in the success of the proposal but the Bureau feels … that disruption can be accomplished without facts to back it up.
J. Edgar Hoover -
There is one timeless way of building. It is a thousand years old, and the same today as it has ever been. The great traditional buildings of the past, the villages and tents and temples in which man feels at home, have always been made by people who were very close to the center of this way.
Christopher Alexander -
If the present be compared with the remote past, it is easily seen that in all cities and in all peoples there are the same desires and the same passions as there always were.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli